I do find it kinda funny how Ubuntu built in the Minimal Install option giving users the option to install something vaguely similar to our default position.

And yet we're planning on using the same option but looking at it from the opposite perspective .. so our ISO is more functional (say offline), but users can still choose "Minimal Install" to basically get the "normal" Pepermint experience

Basically they're giving people a "Minimal Install" option .. We'll be offering an "Additional Install" along with the a "Regular" (minimal) install

In fact I'm going to see if it'd be possible (in the respin) to have the "Minimal Install" option reworded to "Normal Peppermint Install" and set as the default state, and the other option called "With Extra Software" (that the user has to specifically choose) .. should be doable

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Hi CRLinux, how's it going ? Welcome to the Peppermint Forum, it's really nice to meet you . Thank you for your kind words and for seeding the ISO. That's a huge help . Yeah, EB does get all fired up when it comes to Peppermint. He loves it with a passion . There's no need to apologize. Peppermint 8 Respin-2 is a very fine distro and it will receive support through April of 2021 - that can't be bad eh ! If it's working for you, there's absolutely no reason to upgrade to the new version .

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Thanks for the reponse, I love Peppermint! As it turns out I should be OK i keep my home folder separate from my root folder so I'll just try a reinstall of the root partition and it should work just fine. Keep up the good work guys

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Unfortunately, that might cause you problems. The old /home directory has your configuration files for various programs, and these can sometimes be no longer compatible with the programs in Peppermint 9 (e.g. a newer version that might use different configuration options).

Therefore, it is best to backup your personal data files (docs, pictures, music, etc) and then create a new /home directory during the fresh installation of Peppermint 9. Regards,

Thanks for the reponse, I love Peppermint! As it turns out I should be OK i keep my home folder separate from my root folder so I'll just try a reinstall of the root partition and it should work just fine. Keep up the good work guys

No, it doesn't matter the /home folder is separate. Your old /home folder contains .configuration files for Peppermint 8. That's based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS source code. Peppermint 9 is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS source code. What you're proposing to do will cause conflicts and you will end up with a broken installation . You need to do a full, clean installation .

Edit: I see Slim.Fatz beat me to it . Speaking of Slim.Fatz. To make future installations really simple and painless. You should consider creating a user defined /DATA partition. This simple and very effective modification, will make upgrading to a new distro release ridiculously simple. You won't have to worry about configuration file conflicts. You can even do some sneaky distro hopping without losing any data, or breaking your system . What's more, you can dual boot either with another Linux distro(s) and/or Windows and share folders and files - powerful stuff eh !

Back to Slim.Fatz. He's written an excellent step by step tutorial, on how to create a /DATA partition and connect it by using symlinks. You can find the tutorial by following this link: How To: Use symlinks to a DATA partition. I highly recommend doing this. It's a splendid novice project and it's incredibly useful .

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